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pulseaudio package

  1. Bug #410446
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Comment 1 for bug 410446

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Luke Yelavich (themuso) wrote : Re: [Bug 410446] Re: [regression] karmic: pulseaudio doesn't remember last volume, sets to 0 every boot

Could you please try the following, note that this is only if you run pulseaudio in your user session, not system wide:

1. Remove all pulseaudio related files from your home directory, so .pulse_cookie and .pulse/* leave the .pulse directory in tact for the next step.
2. Create /home/your-username/.pulse/client.conf and add the following line to it:
autospawn = no

This is so that when we kill pulseaudio, it won't start right back up again when we don't want it to.
3. Kill pulseaudio with "pulseaudio -k"
4. Reset your alsa volume settings with the following command: "sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset". You will be asked for your password due to using the sudo command.
 5. Start pulseaudio again with "start-pulseaudio-x11".
6. Check the alsa mixer again, and report back as to whether your volume levels are reset to 0.

If you have any questions as to the above steps, please let me know also.

 affects ubuntu/pulseaudio
 status incomplete